SGR Repeal Bill Will Harm Medicare Patients
MACR would remove the unworkable Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) from Medicare's payment system and replace it with a payment system that is even worse... More on the Sustainable Growth Rate and MACR...

Repealing the SGR Without Adding (Too Much) to the Deficit
The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act will repeal the dreaded Sustainable Growth Rate -- but it will also cost $141 billion over ten years... More on SGR repeal...

#StarbucksCoffeeIsMorallySuperior
David Hogberg praises his neighborhood, nonpolitical coffee shop... More on #RaceTogether...

Obama's Economy Is Only Successful If Success Is Redefined
Under President Obama, the economic success that's being celebrated essentially papers over the pain of millions of struggling Americans... More on the Obama economy...

Upset with Ringling Bros. for Taking Elephants out of the Circus? Blame PETA Instead
In an op-ed for USA Today, Jeff Stier reminds readers that radical animal rights activists are to blame for the loss of elephants in the Ringling Bros. circus... More on Ringling Bros. and elephants...

Loretta Lynch Race Card Tactics Rebuffed by Black Conservatives
Project 21 members see Lynch as just another nominee, not someone who deserves special treatment because of her skin color or her gender... More on Loretta Lynch nomination...

Hey Amy & David, You Should Adopt This Policy for NCPPR!
Now this is an awesome employee incentive program: "Eric Puryear with Puryear Law in Davenport, Iowa, has given his employees an extra $50 a month if they get their permits and carry a gun"... More on incentives for carrying a gun...

Fixing Veterans Health Care
If veterans can take the money they get from the VHA and use it to buy private health insurance, that's a very good start.
But then it begins to get worrisome... More on VA health care...

The VA Scandal May Be Much Worse
There may be many more problems with the VA that have not been made public... More on VA scandal...

Consumer Product Safety Commission Fails to Adhere to Guidelines During Process of Phthalate Alternative Rulemaking
CPSC is using outdated data to make rules... More on phthalate ban...

Gender-Bending Gym Rule Goes Too Far in Catering to LGBT Agenda
Project 21's Council Nedd II says people shouldn't have to be confronted with gender-bending surprises when they go to work out... More on Planet Fitness's transgender policy...

Project 21's LeBon Defends Voter ID, Decries Big Government Abuses on MSNBC
"I'm a black leader. I'm in favor of voter ID. I don't really care what the other black leaders are saying"... More on voter ID and Ferguson...

Not So Fast, Liberal Media: There are a Dozen Free-Market Alternatives to ObamaCare
"The political left is trying to scare people by saying that the political right has no plan," says Dr. David Hogberg. "Nothing could be further from the truth"... More on ObamaCare alternatives...

If Plaintiffs Prevail in King v. Burwell, Conservatives and Libertarians Have Many Health Care Reform Options Ready to Help People who Lose ObamaCare Subsidies
The National Center for Public Policy Research has released a publicly accessible spreadsheet that outlines 12 conservative and libertarian health care plans that could be used to replace ObamaCare... More on ObamaCare alternatives...

Republicans Usually Ask for Higher Spending During "Members' Day." This Year, Some Called for Cuts
David Hogberg was pleasantly surprised to see some Republicans, and even one Democrat, dash his low expectations... More on Members' Day and budget priorities...

Project 21 Member Wins CPAC Blogger Award
Congratulations to Project 21 member Wayne Dupree, who was named "Blogger of the Year" at the 2015 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC)... More on Wayne Dupree and CPAC...

Free Market Group Working to Protect Employment Freedoms to Respond to Costco Chairman's Allegations at CPAC 2015
Costco chairman's email to us is wrong: There's no evidence Costco protects its workers from retribution if workers hold personal views their supervisors don't like... More on Costco, employee conscience protection and CPAC...

CEO of Farming Giant John Deere Challenged for Fighting Proposal to Protect Employees' Right to Engage in Private Political and Civic Activities on Their Own Time
As a result of pressure from the National Center's Free Enterprise Project, John Deere's CEO says he will reconsider employee protections... More on John Deere and employee conscience protection...

The Dashing Federal Budget
A House Budget Committee staffer forgets that even during an intermission in the hearing the video camera is still running... More on Stacey Dash...

Jeff Stier of the National Center and Niger Innis of Project 21 on Special CPAC Panel on Regulations and Freedom
Stier and Innis appeared on a CPAC panel together on February 26... More on CPAC...

Project 21 Members Call Rumored Federal Lawsuit Against Ferguson Police Department a Misguided Attempt for "Pound of Flesh"
"When will [Eric] Holder admit this entire event has been a fiasco of this administration's own making?" asks Project 21 Co-Chairman Horace Cooper... More on potential Ferguson lawsuit...

Federal Government's Dietary Guidelines Should Not Be Distorted By Environmental Activism
Jeff Stier warns that Obama administration officials are trying to insert their global warming agenda into dietary guidelines... More on dietary guidelines and carbon footprint...

Democrats Made Their Individual Mandate Bed; Now They Can Lie in It
Democrats had no problem with the individual mandate when they passed ObamaCare into law. Let them suffer the consequences for it... More on the ObamaCare individual mandate...

TV Host Mobilizes Viewers to Fight for National Center in Campaign for Political Freedom at Costco
Incensed by what he calls the "fascist" behavior of Costco management, Rick Amato has instructed his national viewership to call Costco's head of investor relations... More on lack of conscience protection at Costco...

Fiscal Literacy Needed to Avoid Poverty Traps
Project 21's Fred Banyon argues that teaching basic market and investment principles should be part of K-12 education... More on financial literacy...

Major Online Retailer Offers 10 Percent Off for Customers Typing "Liberty" at Checkout
L.L. Bean appears to be signaling that it appreciates the key founding principles of our nation... More on L.L. Bean and liberty...

Gianno Caldwell's Project 21 Media Debut Tackles Ukraine, ISIS and Other Foreign Policy Issues -- and Brian Williams
"Brian Williams' career at NBC is dead," says Caldwell, "but it's alive and well if he wants a job at TMZ"... More on ISIS, Ukraine and Brian Williams...

Message to Jesse Jackson: Stop Lying About the Voting Rights Act
Jackson's false claim that a 2013 Supreme Court decision made the Voting Rights Act "null and void" is being refuted by legal and civil rights experts with Project 21... More on Jesse Jackson and the Voting Rights Act...

NBC's Brian Williams Scandal Could Have Been Avoided
"NBC's Brian Williams scandal may have been avoided had Comcast's upper management not fought a 2013 shareholder proposal intended to help the Company identify accuracy problems and correct them before they became legal problems," says Amy Ridenour... More on Brian Williams, NBC and Comcast...

Behind the Gun, Another Community Activist Gains Clarity regarding Police Procedures
Another vocal critic of the police has gained a new perspective on police procedures after spending time in a cop's shoes... More on police and African-Americans...

About Those Jobs Numbers for January: Obama's Economic Bravado Relies on Defining down Success
This month, Project 21's Derryck Green sees the usual class warfare rhetoric setting an agenda that only seems to be successful if one is willing to redefine what success means... More on Obama jobs report...

New Study: Three Ways Consumers Could Pay Exorbitantly Higher Premiums on the ObamaCare Exchanges in 2015
Are you paying more for health insurance this year? David Hogberg's study might help you understand why... More on ObamaCare subsidies and higher premiums...

ObamaCare Customers Should Beware of Higher Prices
Consumers who in 2015 keep the same plans they purchased for 2014 on the ObamaCare exchanges could be in for a big shock, warns Dr. David Hogberg... More on ObamaCare subsidies and premiums...

Three Ways Consumers Could Pay Exorbitantly Higher Premiums on the ObamaCare Exchanges in 2015
ObamaCare results in a no-win situation. Either consumers get hit in the pocketbook, or the taxpayers do... More on ObamaCare subsidies and premiums...

IRS Gives ObamaCare Tax Delinquents Special Treatment
"I suggest we apply the spirit of ObamaCare to all income taxes," says David Hogberg. "We shouldn't have to send in documents to verify our income. 'Self-attestation' of our income should be sufficient. And if we get it wrong and eventually owe back taxes, we shouldn't get dinged with a late penalty. Sound like a good idea?" More on ObamaCare and taxes...

Washington State Considers Criminalizing Holding Whales and Dolphins in Aquariums
Jeff Stier notes, "those who oppose the private sector economy and consumer choice will find villains regardless of the facts"... More on PETA, aquariums and Washington state...